RPC IV.4, 994

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 994
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ι = 10
Dating AD 146/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design Heracles and the oxen of Geryon: Heracles standing, left, holding two oxen and club, lion skin over arm; at his feet, body of Geryon
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 2621 corr., Geissen 1542, M 1915
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.60448
4 4     NY: 1944.100.60447
5 5     NY: 1944.100.60449
6 6     O: HCR33402
7 7     O: HCR33401 M 1915
8 8     A: D 1718A / 1897/8, IH 931/1469
9 9     Cologne Geissen 1542
10 10     Cologne Geissen 1543
11 11     Aiello
12 12     ✸ CNG 108, 16 May 2018, lot 472 = Matthijs
13 13     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 277 = Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (CNG 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1171)
14 14     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 999
15 15     DS 2621 corr. = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 174
16 16     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 507
17 17     SAN 4, 4 (1972–3), 63–6 (John Hopkins University) ex Malloy = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 208 = Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 Aug. 2019, lot 35049 = Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, lot 336